Ominous Meaning

There are 2 meaning(s) for word Ominous

Meaning 1 : presaging ill fortune

    Example : a dead and ominous silence prevailed

    Synonyms : ill,  inauspicious
Meaning 2 : threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

    Example : ominous rumblings of discontent

    Synonyms : baleful,  forbidding,  menacing,  minacious,  minatory,  sinister,  threatening


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